Royal Bank of Canada

Delivery Director - GFT

Royal Bank of Canada • $120K — $150K *
Toronto, ON M3C 0E3In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree required.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills with emphasis on stakeholder engagement.
  • Expertise in IT infrastructure and financial services sector.
  • Exceptional organizational change management skills.
  • 10+ years of experience managing transformation programs.
  • Strategic thinker with strong analytical and planning capabilities.
  • Proven project management skills utilizing various methodologies.

Responsibilities

  • Lead multiple high-value initiatives and sub-programs concurrently.
  • Drive project planning and implementation ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
  • Evaluate planning stages and develop cohesive strategies for workstreams.
  • Translate vision into actionable project scope and deliverables.
  • Create and monitor initiative goals and develop transformation roadmaps.
  • Anticipate risks and manage resolution processes effectively.
  • Coaching delivery leads in project management best practices.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program with bonuses and flexible benefits.
  • Leaders committed to employee development and growth.
  • Opportunity to make a significant impact in projects.
  • Collaborative and high-performing team environment.
  • Access to a world-class training program in financial services.
  • Flexibility in work/life balance options.
Full Job Description
Job Description

What will you do?
  • Lead delivery on multiple concurrent initiatives with high amount of value (benefit/cost), complexity, and uncertainty or manages sub-programs within a very large program.
  • Lead activities on planning, delivery, and implementation to ensure enterprise-wide strategic goals and objectives are accomplished within approved time frames, scope, and budget. Leads team & liaises with RBC business and service partners, including external third-party vendors.
  • Evaluate and provides guidance during the general and detailed planning stages of large-scale enterprise-wise initiatives, developing strategies to ensure all workstreams are cohesive and in line with organizational goals.
  • Support the design and monitoring of the initiative's goals. Translates the vision into high level scope, design, and executables.
  • Develop the case for change, supporting the design of a holistic end-state transformation roadmap, and working with the CFO & IT delivery teams.
  • Create clarity out of ambiguity and quickly focuses the effort on the most value.
  • Provide superior client experience and strengthens relationship within team.
  • Establish, develop, and maintain strong relationships with RBC business, CFO, and T&O partners.
  • Seek input and prepares program roadmap, project, and/or implementation plans aligned with stakeholders' direction.
  • Integrate plans at program level creating estimating models as required, refines plan, and manages performance against it.
  • Anticipate and quantifies tactical, operational, and strategic risks applying risk-based approach to forecasting.
  • Establish a process for the identification of issues. Resolves complex issues and escalates to executive/steering committee and manages resolution as required.
  • Responsible for the development of program and project metrics including status reporting of KPIs.
  • Manage scope using appropriate fact-based metrics/assumptions.
  • Manage program level communications including status reports to executive stakeholders.
  • Provide senior management with timely updates on operational program risks & issues.
  • Manage resource planning and project scheduling and establish policies and procedures that produce high-quality and sustainable results.
  • Conduct delivery in accordance with RBC Financial Group's standard project management discipline, consistently following RBC's Program Management Framework
  • Champion & operationalize strong program governance and execution assurance processes.
  • Coachedelivery leads toward their development; including coaching project management best practices.


What do you need to succeed?

Must have:
  • Undergraduate degree
  • Demonstrated ability in written and oral communication skills along with strong presentation skills. Ability to determine the information and communication needs of the stakeholders and project.
  • Strong organizational, project management and time management capabilities.
  • Expert knowledge of a broad spectrum of IT infrastructure, systems, and services, and a strong understanding of the financial services industry.
  • Exceptional organizational change management skills and knowledge of best practices.
  • Strategic thinker with excellent interpersonal skills to work across functions and businesses.
  • Demonstrated leadership ability, with at least 10 years of experience managing large and complex transformation programs.
  • Demonstrated strategic conceptualization, analytical and planning skills.
  • Expert knowledge of program and project plan development & management, scheduling methodology, waterfall and iterative methodologies, program and project metrics, analysis, and status reporting.
  • Superior staff management and project management skills; demonstrated verbal and written communication skills and effective strategic problem-solving, technical lead and facilitation skills.
  • Demonstrated skill working effectively with a diverse group of key stakeholders and experience fostering an inclusive environment.


Nice-to-have:
  • Experience in a matrix environment, such as a large, publicly-traded corporation
  • Ability to facilitate between and influence key decision makers
  • PMP, CSM


What's in it for you?

  • A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
  • Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
  • Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • A world-class training program in financial services
  • Flexible work/life balance options
  • Opportunities to do challenging work


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Job Skills
Adaptability, Budgeting, Cross-Team Collaboration, Decision Making, Information Technology (IT) Projects, Long Term Planning, Program Management, Resource Management, Team Management, Vision Alignment

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-07-03

Application Deadline:

2026-09-05
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.

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